According to the World Health Organization, roughly 350 million people around the world are affected by depression.While depression correlates to mental health, researchers have long looked at the links...
In 2003 Hon Lik, a pharmacist, inventor and smoker, invented the first electronic cigarette that was commercially successful. Since its inception, the e-cigarette has grown in popularity.
A team...
It seems that when it comes to traumatic experiences, not everyone will experience them the same way.Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine have now found one reason why female youth and...
Throughout the years, it has become the recommended standard to drink eight glasses of water per day. However, a new study led by Monash University in Australia, is challenging that recommendation.
The...
Bumblebees are capable of more complex tasks than once believed, according to researchers from Queen Mary University of London.
Sylvain Alem, lead author on the study, said 23 bumblebees out of 40 successfully...
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are roughly 40,000 infants born each year with a congenital heart defect. Most infants born with this type of defect will need surgery...
It turns out that Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” may have had a grain of truth to it (besides the obvious lesson of not giving away your voice) when it showed audiences a group of fish...
Children are often taught a simple rhyme to help them deal with bullying at school.
“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.”
Despite the reassurance of the rhyme,...
Without even thinking, most people will turn on music, TV or talk-radio to fill the silence when they’re at home. According to new research however, this background noise may be negatively affecting...
Cinnamon is finding a place in the world of science again this week, beyond the science of making food delicious, as researchers from Rush University Medical Center believe that it may increase learning...
At some point during a night of drinking you know, well most people know, when they have had enough. That time may come when you are up on a table, half-dressed with a lampshade on your head singing along...
From eyeglasses to contacts to Lasik, the world is constantly looking for ways to improve our vision. Several researchers have a new method involving electrical currents to do just that.In the latest issue...
